Which statement describes the process of subduction?

A. Convection currents pull a plate into the mantle

B. One plate slides beneath another due to gravitational pull

C. Materials are transferred within earths interior by density

D. Heat cycles in the mantle cause place to constantly move

any abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosystem that causes a population's size to slow or decrease is a limiting factor.

a. to encourage apoptosis

the correct answer is: b. pantala flavescens, because these organisms would have a high level of genetic variation due to sexual reproduction.  

because involves two organisms (parents) whose genetic material combines, sexual reproduction leads to genetic variation in new generations of offspring. the offspring is an unique organism, with new genome, more protected with the higher ability to adapted. this process is fundamental to evolution.